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U.S. Air Force to Issue Contract to Martin Baker for Simulated F-35 Ejection Seats for JSE

U.S. Air Force to Issue Contract to Martin Baker for Simulated F-35 Ejection Seats for JSE
Air Force Test Center and Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) facility leadership break ground at a ceremony held by the 412th Electronic Warfare Group on Feb. 18 at Edwards AFB, Calif. The $34.4 million project is to provide a 72,000 square foot state-of-the-art modeling and simulation environment to conduct fifth-generation and next-generation developmental test, operational test, and high-end advanced training and tactics development. Nellis AFB, Nev. is also to have a smaller, 50,000 square foot JSE testing environment (U.S. Air Force Photo).

The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif. plans to issue a sole source contract to the United Kingdom's Martin Baker Aircraft Co. for 16 high-fidelity simulated US16E cockpit ejection seats for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 in support of the aircraft program's Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) testing. "A high-fidelity F-35 cockpit seat is required for the high-fidelity F-35 simulator that will be used by JSE as the System Under Test (SUT) for both developmental and operational…

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